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By Regina Bailey, About.com Guide to Biology since 1997

Cardiac Cycle: Diastole Phase

Saturday January 14, 2006
The cardiac cycle is the sequence of events that occurs when the heart beats.

In the diastole phase of this cycle, the heart ventricles are relaxed as blood flows into the ventricles from the atria.

Heart image courtesy of MedValet.

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